Box Score Fort Hays State completed a home sweep of its rivals this week with a 69-62 victory over Washburn on Saturday afternoon at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
 
The Tigers (15-4, 8-4 MIAA) were dominant once again on the boards, outrebounding the Ichabods (13-6, 8-4 MIAA) 47-29.   19 of those rebounds were offensive, giving the Tigers ample second-chance opportunities that resulted in 24 points.  WU had just eight second chance points. 
 
FHSU is now tied for fourth with WU and Missouri Southern in the conference standings.  The win also snapped the Tigers' four-game losing streak against WU.
 
Katelyn Edwards pulled down double-digit rebounds for the second consecutive game (and third of the last four), grabbing 14 boards to go with eight points and a 4-of-5 performance at the free-throw line.
 
Kate Lehman started slow with just two points in the first half, but finished with a team-high 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks.  Nikola Kacperska had season-highs in points (11) and rebounds (five), while Tera Ingalsbe put up double-digits in points (10) for the seventh time this season.
 
Guard Beth Bohuslavsky's six assists led the team, as she went 5-of-6 from the line for all of her points. 
 
With the team's tied 13-13 at the 11:26, neither FHSU nor WU would score for the next 3:06.  At that point, a Jill Faxon 3-pointer started an 11-2 run for FHSU that lasted over three minutes and included four free throws and five points from Edwards.
 
FHSU never relinquished the lead after that, though Washburn would rally back on several occasions.  The first of those occured at 3:36 of the first half, when WU pulled within five (25-20).  With 3:02 on the clock, though, Chelsea Mason hit a 3-pointer to shut the door.
 
In the final six seconds of the half, Bohuslavsky just missed a layup, but Ingalsbe's offensive rebound and last second bucket sent the Tigers into the break, up 33-26.
 
Ingalsbe picked up where she left off by hitting a 3-pointer just 26 seconds into the second half and stretching FHSU's lead to 10.  Still, WU crawled back within two (42-40) over the next six minutes, at 13:42, and tied the game, 43-43, with 12:31 to play.
 
Once again, Ingalsbe popped up with a timely 3-pointer to put FHSU back in control and start a 10-2 stretch for FHSU.  That run lasted 5:25 and sent the game under 10 minutes with FHSU leading, 53-45. 
 
Up seven (55-48) with 7:20 to play, FHSU would need to endure one last Ichabod rally – this time a burst of six unanswered that shrunk the deficit to one, 55-54, just under the five-minute mark.  Inglasble, though, ended the run with her final jumper of the day to start FHSU's answer – a six-point burst of its own.  That stretch sent the game inside 2:30 with the Tigers up seven, 61-54.
 
Over the final 57 seconds, FHSU iced the game with 6-of-7 shooting from the free throw line, including Kacperska's final two of the night with 11 seconds to play – finalizing the score at 69-62.
 
Fort Hays State is off until Wednesday (Feb. 5) when the team treks north to Nebraska-Kearney for a 5:30 p.m. contest.